Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-02-18

follows: sit transpires that the Sheppard
boy who was arrested last week for petit
larceny was from Middlebury. His
mother is a washerwoman and the boy
does the delivering. He appropriated II
small sum and came to this city. His
step-father lives here with brother and
when the boy arrived he was arrested on
some trivial charge and put in Jail. His
mother hearing of his arrest came on and
settled the matter, taking her boy home
with her."
The winter convocation of the Episco-
pal clergy of Vermont was held at st.
Stephens church on Tuesday and We'd
nesday, February 10 and lG. The bishop
of the diocese, owing to i'll health, was
unable to be present. The following
clergymen were present and took part in
the exercises: Rev. Messrs. Buckingham
of Rutland, Burgess of st. Adams. Car
penter of Middle3url Flanders of White
River junction and Flanders. j., of
Manchester, Goddard of Windsor. Lee of
West Rutland, Randall of Poultney, lay
lor of Nergennes, Tilley of Brandon,
Weeks of Enosburg. Falls. The first SER
vice was Tuesday evening, at which Mr..
buckingham preached. After the service
a reception was given to the clergy at
the house of Mrs. Harmon A. Sheldon.
Wednesday morning Rev. Mr.. Burgess
! al, Il.
day an eXegesis by Roy. Mr.. Flanders of
White River junction was read and u
discussion of a topic suggested by II let
ter of Bishop Bissell to the convocation
was participated in by all the clergy
present.
ID. Mason & Co.'S agents are delivering
to subscribers in this and surrounding
towns the History of Addison County
published by them. 1t is a book of over
500 pages, printed on heavy paper and
well bound. Its illustrations consist en-
tirely of portraits, principally of those
now living. Among the faces shown are
those of Hon. j. W. Stewart. Mr.. Philip
Battell. Hon. l.. +. Knapp. the late Chas.
Linsley Esq, Mr.. j. =. Douglas and DR..
NJ. ID. Smith of MiddlGbury, Hon. Il. j.
Jones and Hon. Henry Lane of Cornwall,
MIR. y. :. Bennett and the late O. u.
Waltham, Mayor McCuen of Nergennes
Most of the portraits are good. The
book is full of facts about the early his
tory OF the several towns and the men
who were then active, and has also many
biographical notices that will be of inter
est. As to the accuracy of the statements
in the historical and biographical por-
tons we cannot say, not yet having had
time TO examine the work carefully. The
chapter on The Press" was written by
Mr.. Justus Cobb of this place and cover.
the ground well. lie is the only loca
writer whose name appears We shall
give Il more extended review of the work
at some future date.
The entertainments to be given at the
town hall the first week in March, fol
the benefit of the Y. VI. G. A., are to be
of novel character. Mrs. farley, who
manages the "waX works" is Miss IIar-
wood of New York. She brings cos
tunes for the "tiggers''. and utilities peo-
pie of the place to hang them on, training
them of course so that they will "act'
effectively. The range of characters il
wide, and the whole makes an exceeding
ly interesting evening. The conserva-
tive Providence journal, speaking OF
Miss llarwood's appearance there, says
1.-The exhibition was decided success
Mrs. farley sustained her role with in
imitable comic effect; her famous char
acters, beautiful as life and twice as nat
ural, were automatons in her skilful
hands and those of her assistants; the
/ promise TO make everybody laugh and be
amused was fulfilled to the letter. The
/ performance last evening had double
interest. 1t united Mrs. Jarley's admir-.
able rendition of her part, aided by hel
fantastic costume and the seriO-comil
manner of her address, with the interest
ing fact that her defunct subjects were
represented by as many living persons
whom everybody knew and through
whose bewildering disguise everybody
was trying to penetrate. The wonder
was that the parts of the wax figure,
could be so well sustained with so little
practice; in some instances the charac,
tiers were so well carried out that we be
gan to believe in the reality of the waA
works and fancied ourselves a spectator
of the scenes in the Old Curiosity ShoI
or looker-on at the London Show.
Equally flatterng notices are given by
other papers of standing. More detailed
information will be contained in oul
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